Guest Shot
April, 1987
Robert ChristgauBlondie was a group, and title blonde Debbie Harry all but vanished after the aggregation disintegrated five years ago. This was due partly to the long illness of her life collaborator, Chris Stein, partly to the disappointing sales of her klutzy solo album with Nile Rodgers. But with Stein (and Rodgers) chipping in and J. Geils music man Seth Justman at the controls, Rockbird (Geffen) skillfully updates Harry's half-moll, half-Marilyn half parody. The lyrics are tough and sexy a...
